Micron samples DDR5 RDIMMs for data centers

By Gina Roos, editor-in-chief

Announced at CES 2020, Micron Technology, Inc. is now sampling its DDR5 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs), based on its 1z-nm process technology. The advanced DRAM will enable the next generation of server workloads by delivering more than an 85% increase in memory performance, said Micron. Other advantages for data centers include increased reliability, availability, and serviceability.

DDR5 doubles the memory density, delivering higher memory bandwidth and capacity to meet the growing processor core counts in data center systems. DDR5 will deliver more than a 1.85× increase in performance compared to DDR4, according to Micron.

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“Data center workloads will be increasingly challenged to extract value from the accelerating growth of data across virtually all applications,” said Tom Eby, senior vice president and general manager of the Compute & Networking Business Unit at Micron, in a statement. “The key to enabling these workloads is higher-performance, denser, higher-quality memory. Micron’s sampling of DDR5 RDIMMs represents a significant milestone, bringing the industry one step closer to unlocking the value in next-generation data-centric applications.”